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Family lawyer William Cross has taken a break from retirement to join Edwards & Co Solicitors as a locum. Mr Cross will support the firm's family department while partner Julie Tierney takes maternity leave.

Workers in Northern Ireland who are laid off while furloughed will receive redundancy pay based on their normal wages under changes welcomed by employment lawyers. The new law, announced by Economy Minister Diane Dodds yesterday, will bring Northern Ireland in line with changes made in the rest of t

Law firm Kennedys has urged the Northern Ireland Executive to change the way the personal injury discount rate is calculated to reflect what injured people do with their compensation in real life. The Department of Justice recently launched a consultation on how the discount rate or “real rate

An agreement has been struck between Ireland and Nigeria following an order from the High Court in Dublin for the return of forfeited assets. Following an application by the Nigerian authorities last year, the High Court recently made an order for forfeited assets to be returned to Nigeria.

Juries in High Court trials in Scotland will convene in cinemas to hear cases remotely in the autumn. The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, has approved the recommendation from the Restarting Solemn Trials Working Group to create remote jury centres in cinemas, our sister publication Scottish Leg

Two technology companies are being sued over claims that users' personal data is being obtained using cookies and traded unlawfully for advertising purposes. A legal claim will be filed by campaigners from the non-profit organisation Privacy Collective against tech giants Oracle and Salesforce in Am

A barrister who alleges he was unlawfully arrested at a picket line while working as a trade union lawyer has launched legal proceedings against the Metropolitan Police. Franck Magennis of Garden Court Chambers was arrested in January while attending a picket in support of striking security guards a

Thomson Reuters has announced the acquisition of CaseLines, a cloud-based court document and evidence management platform already being used in the courts in England and Wales. The CaseLines platform delivers justice efficiencies for the courtroom and is expediting the digital transformation of lega

A fox has been revealed as the culprit of a shoe-stealing spree after it was caught red-handed with a pair of stolen flip-flops. Residents of the Zehlendorf neighbourhood in Berlin had reported to the local media that around 100 shoes had mysteriously gone missing from outside homes.

The Court of Appeal has allowed a personal injuries appeal, and greatly reduced an award of damages for personal injuries. The court said that more regard should be had to the Book of Quantum. Background

Irish barrister Hilary Lennox has joined Pump Court Chambers in London. A highly-experienced family law specialist, she is qualified to practice as a barrister in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales, and has also practised in New York and Wisconsin.

JP Gilmartin, partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn, has been appointed as the new president of Galway Chamber of Commerce. Mr Gilmartin has been a corporate lawyer for more than 15 years and represents a broad range of clients from scaling companies to multinational companies.

Belfast city centre firm Robert G Sinclair & Co Ltd has been taken over by the Law Society of Northern Ireland as part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement provided to Irish Legal News, the Law Society said: "The Law Society of Northern Ireland has intervened, pursuant to its statutory po

Retired Dublin solicitor John M. O'Connor, former managing partner of O'Connor Solicitors, has passed away. Mr O'Connor qualified as a solicitor in the early 1950s and became a partner in the firm of J G O'Connor & Co Solicitors, a practice commenced by his late father. He later served for almos

Jacci Fox, head of the debt and asset recovery unit at HOMS Solicitors, examines what is required for a debtor to succeed in dismissal of bankruptcy summons. We recently acted in a rather protracted bankruptcy case on behalf of the Collector General of the Revenue Commissioners. The debtor in this c